I think I’m thinking “lefties don’t like him already; it doesn’t matter if he gave a BJ or not, it doesn’t matter if he’s a hypocrite or not. Right-wingers will see the headline and their takeaway will be ‘gross, he’s gay’ and the hypocrisy will be of minor importance.”
So I think your rollercoasters example is not the same in my mind. But maybe it is the same and I’m just being weird about this. Most people seem to think so from the answers I’ve had :)
You aren’t wrong that a small minority of people will see that line and think 'eww gross" and while that’s shitty in principle, it’s a reader problem, not a headline problem.
I think I’m thinking “lefties don’t like him already; it doesn’t matter if he gave a BJ or not, it doesn’t matter if he’s a hypocrite or not. Right-wingers will see the headline and their takeaway will be ‘gross, he’s gay’ and the hypocrisy will be of minor importance.”
So I think your rollercoasters example is not the same in my mind. But maybe it is the same and I’m just being weird about this. Most people seem to think so from the answers I’ve had :)
You aren’t wrong that a small minority of people will see that line and think 'eww gross" and while that’s shitty in principle, it’s a reader problem, not a headline problem.